Events
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Fall Plant Sale at the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum on Saturday, October 8, features Australian fuchsias and South African featherheads
The UC Santa Cruz Arboretum will hold its annual Fall Plant Sale on Saturday, October 8, from noon to 4 p.m. The sale will take place at the Arboretum’s Eucalyptus Grove on High Street near the intersection with Western Drive. For gardeners on the Central Coast, fall is always a good time to get new…
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UCSC Humanities Division offers new seminars for local schoolteachers
Since 2003, the UCSC Humanities Division’s Teacher Scholar Program has offered a series of seminars each year to help local middle, junior, and high school teachers with curriculum enrichment. Presented in partnership with the Santa Cruz County Office of Education, the Salinas Union High School District, UCSC Extension, and the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation,…
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UC Santa Cruz to present conference on body modification Oct. 14-16
The UC Santa Cruz Institute for Advanced Feminist Research (IAFR) will present a three-day conference on body modification, October 14-16, on the university campus. The conference will explore our culture’s fascination with body modifications that range from tattooing, piercing, and cutting, to anorexia, plastic surgery, organ transplants, and life-extension technologies. Titled “Bodies in the Making:…
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Fall lecture series at the Seymour Center will focus on sustainable fisheries
The Fall Lecture Series at UC Santa Cruz’s Seymour Marine Discovery Center will focus on sustainable fisheries, with six speakers providing a range of perspectives on the serious challenges facing important fisheries on the West Coast and around the world. Lecture topics will include the future of seafood, the politics of fish and the oceans,…
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MEDIA ADVISORY: UC Santa Cruz’s new year getting under way
UC Santa Cruz students began moving into university housing today (Friday, September 16), in anticipation of the 2005-06 school year. The first day of instruction in the fall quarter is Thursday, September 22. ‘Move-in’ activities begin on Friday, September 16 The fall-quarter “move in” for students living on campus continues through Sunday, September 18. (See…
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UCSC swim team prepares for 12-hour swim across Monterey Bay on Sept. 30
In a grueling test of their endurance, 12 hearty members of the UC Santa Cruz swim team will forsake their pool with a view and plunge into Monterey Bay on September 30 for the seventh annual transbay swim. Accompanied by two kayaks and two support boats, the swimmers will take the plunge at the Santa…
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UC Santa Cruz launching online job application system
Job-seekers applying for staff positions at UC Santa Cruz can soon forget all about filling out forms by hand and dropping them off in the mail. Beginning Tuesday, September 6, the entire application process will be online. Two free public workshops will be conducted to familiarize prospective applicants with the process. No reservations are required,…
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New ‘Outspoken Speakers’ series featured in Arts & Lectures 2005-06 season
Environmental advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., superstar classical violinist Midori, Grammy-winning mandolinists Mike Marshall and Chris Thile, and Spain’s powerful traditional flamenco troupe Noche Flamenca are just a few of the internationally acclaimed artists and speakers on the 2005-06 UCSC Arts & Lectures season. Kennedy will headline a new “Outspoken Speakers” series featuring lectures and…